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100 years anniversary | ||||
06 Dec 1925 | Andy Robustelli: NFL defensive end (LA Rams, New York Giants) | |||
06 Dec 1925 | Italy, Britain and Egypt sign Jaghbub accord (Italy) | |||
06 Dec 1925 | Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat the New York Giants 19-7 | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
06 Dec 1950 | Daniel Sahuleka: Moluks / Dutch singer / guitarist (Viva la Libertad) | |||
06 Dec 1950 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud | |||
06 Dec 1950 | Guy Drut, French hurdler and politician | |||
06 Dec 1950 | Joe Hisaishi, Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor | |||
06 Dec 1950 | Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
06 Dec 1975 | Natalie Titcume: Australian softball catcher (1996 Olympics - Bronze Medalist) | |||
06 Dec 1975 | 41st Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) | |||
06 Dec 1975 | Sen Robert Dole and Elizabeth Hanford marry | |||
06 Dec 1975 | Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter | |||
06 Dec 1975 | Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer | |||
06 Dec 1975 | The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege. | |||
06 Dec 1975 | Paul Simon went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Still Crazy After All These Years', his first US No.1 solo album. Bob Egan Pop Spots | |||
06 Dec 1975 | Rev Charles Boykin of Tallahassee, Florida organised the burning of Elton John and Rolling Stones records, claiming they were sinful. Boykin was reacting to the results from a survey that said, 984 of the 1,000 local unmarried mothers had sex when listening to rock music. | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
06 Dec 2000 | Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (b. 1920) | |||
06 Dec 2000 | Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942) | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
06 Dec 2005 | Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932) | |||
06 Dec 2005 | Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923) | |||
06 Dec 2005 | Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942) | |||
06 Dec 2005 | William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912) | |||
06 Dec 2005 | Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China. | |||
06 Dec 2005 | An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground. | |||
06 Dec 2005 | A Jeep hit a patch of ice on Elvis Presley Boulevard and crashed through the graffiti wall outside the Graceland mansion. No-one was hurt in the accident. | |||
06 Dec 2005 | Robbie Williams accepted substantial libel damages over claims that he was secretly homosexual. The People newspaper, Star and Hot Stars magazines in 2004 published stories alleging Mr Williams had engaged in casual homosexual sex. The publications' owners, MGN Limited and Northern & Shell plc, now accepted the stories were untrue and had agreed undisclosed damages. Tom Shields QC, told the court: "Mr Williams is not, and has never been, homosexual." | |||
06 Dec 2005
Kaname Ikeda |
Kaname Ikeda (appointments) Kaname Ikeda is appointed as first Director General of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. |
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15 years anniversary | ||||
06 Dec 2010 | Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953) |